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Updated 3/19/2024

Family Balistidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Balistoides viridescens



Palau


Kuata, Fiji, 10 feet
  
   

TITAN TRIGGERFISH

Common on coral reefs at any depth.  Feeds upon sponges, soft corals, and breaks apart reef rock to extract burrowing mollusks.  Male very aggressive when guarding its nest.  Attains 30 inches.  Red Sea to the Tuamotus, excluding Hawaii.